Tailor&#39;s indicator.



H. H. WOOLSON.

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APPLIOATION FILED APR. 4, 1908. 909,046. Patented Jan. 5, 1909. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1. 4) 7 .ya

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H. WooLsoN. TAQILOPS INDICATOR. APPLIUATIION FILED APRf/l, 1908.

Patented J an. 5, 1909.

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H. H. WOOLSON.

TAILORS INDICATOR. APPLIGATION FILED APR. 4, 190B.

909,046. PatentedJan. 5, 1909.

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HARRY H. WOOLSON, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specication ofLetters Patent; i Appunti@ miga-April 4, 190er sarai No. 425,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Ht W ooLsoN, a

citizen of the United States, l1'esidi ng at.

Medford, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tailors Indicators, of which the following isla specification, reference being had therein to'the accompanying drawings.v y

The invention consists in a Adevice de- .signed for use by a coat-cutter in taking measurements of a person for the purpose of making a coat for the latter; and by means' otwhich the location ofthe middle of-such persons back, the transverse. measurement of his body on such line, and the amount one shoulder is lower than the other, may be ascertained quickly, fconveniently, and 'accu-v rately. f

The invention is illustrated inthe draw.-

ings, which show two forms of embodiment.

. rIn' the drawingsf-Figurel, Sheet 1, is a front elevation of anindicatoi' containing one embodimentof theinvention. Fig. 2,

same sheet, is a back elevation of the saidl device. Fig. 3, same sheet, is a plan thereof. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is a side elevation of an- `other embodiment. 5, Sheet 2, is a back elevation .of the said embodimentl shown inv Fig. 4, Fig. 6, Sheet 3, is arear elevation showing the device of Sheet 1, -as irst applied to a persons body, but before the for- 'wardl -projecting arms `of the' slide -bars have een`pushed up, under that ersons arms. Fig.v 7, .Sheet 3, shows thesai device after it Ehas'been carried u so as to tit the said armssnugly against t 1e `persons armpits.- Fig. 8,Sheet 3, is aside e the nearer arm of the person removed tov evation,"with show the position 'of the corresponding forwardly-projecting arml of the device Having-reference, more particularly, tov

Figs.- 1, 2-and 3, Sheet 1. At l is the bodyportion of the, device, the said body being 1n.

the form of a flat casing having a length somewhat less than the width of an average persons body just below the shoulders, at 2, 3, are slide-bars fitted within the said casing, one above the other, and guided thereinso as tobe capable of movement' lengthwise in and out. In order tocause the two slide-bars to move'simultaneousl .and to the same extent,

but oppositelyv wit respect to eachother,

they are formed or lrovided with teeth constituting racks whic are4 indicated by dotted lines at '4, 4, Fig.l 1,'the said racks facing each other and the teeth. thereof meshing with the teeth of an intermediately located pinion 5, at opposite sides of the center of such pinion. Thepinion is free to turn upon a pin or pivot, at 5, xed in the body'- racenta im. 5,1909. y

portion l. Through the .ap lication of slight force by hand toV either s ide-bar, op-

erating to move itv lengthwise in either `direction within the body-portion.1, such force being transmitted by lmeans of the rac and Y 4intermediate pinion to the other slide-bar,

the two slide-bars willbe adjusted simultaneously to; an equal extent, either toward 'or away from the-middlepoint in the length of ,the body-portion. The said-.point is suift-` ably marked. In the presentinstanoe a nick 7 is formed thereat in the top' ofthe'bodyportion. .Each slide-bar'is furnished at its outer end with `an arm 6, projecting forward.

shown best in Fig. 3.

, In the use of the device, the body-portion thereof is placed in the manner shown in Fig. 6, Sheet 3, against the back of the per- 6, 6,- under his arms and close to his body.

The two forwardly-projecting arms 6, 6,-are

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son to be measured and itted,'with the arms The device then is moved upward until lthe said arms 6, 6are pressed snugly. against his b arm-pits, the slide-bar's'being moved'inward by the person doin the measuring until the 4arms 6, 6, bear agalnst the 4sides 0f tlie person being measured, as shown in Figs.7 .and 8, Sheet. When these things have been done, the top surface ofthe bodyortion,

will indicate. the s'o-called level un er his arms and the middle point between Vhis shoulders, otherwise known as the center of the back, will be indicated by the nick 7. Graduations upon one of. the slide-bars, as

shown in Fig. 1, (or they might -be rovided upon "both slide-bars) serve 'to s ow `@the 'measurement across the body.

Frequently,'one shoulder of a person is higher than the other. When the device is applied as above, this fact will be made 'aptransverse inclination of thedevice, which latter will befhigher at one end of the bodyportion thereof than at the other end, as represented inyFig. 7. To clearly' show the `fact, and the extent .of thedi'erence in height, I provide an indicator. InFig. 2

thiscomprises a tube, 8, almost com letely filled vwith a li uid and containing a ubble 9, escale 10 w ich is graduated -m both drections from a midd e line 11 being pro- 'parent to the eye of the measurer by the is intended to bear against the back of the person being measured, as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. An advantage in connection withy this downward extension is the fact that in case the person being measured is hollow-backed, the extension, while pressed against his back, will incline forward to cor,- respond with the inward bend of the back. This will'cause the device to assume a position in which the arms 6, G, lincline upward to a corresponding extent toward their free' 4. ends, as in Fig. 8, with the body-portion turned downward, 'L'. c., dropped alittle, increasingthereby the distance 'from the middle oi-.the back/of the persons neck to 4the top surface of the body-portion 1 at -the nick. i f y o l In Figs. Ll, and 5, the indicator comprises a freely swinging vpendulous piece13 which. is

looselyv connected at vits upper Iend with the downward extension 12, the lower end of the said pendulous piece being pointed, and a graduated scalev 1,4 being provided adjacent suchjpoint upon the lowenend of the said extension. l,

I provide means forf the purpose of fixing the slide-bars so as to secure them from accidental ydisplacement after the transverse measurement has been taken. This means comprises in the, present instance4 a clamping screw 15, working in a threaded hole that is tapped in body-portion 1,.and engaging by its inner end with one of the slide-bars. v

What is claimed as the invention is 1.. In a tailors indicator, .in combination, the body f portion Vadapted to be, placed against the back of the person Ytof'bel meas-y ured, the longitudinally movable slide-bars operatively connected to move simultane-M v ously in -opposite ydirections and provided with the forwardly-extending arms adapted A to be placed in the arm-pits of such person4 and against his sides, whereby to find the level under his arms, and provided* with ured, the longitudinally movable slide-bars Y operatively connected to move simultaneously inv opposite directions and provided with the forwardly-extending arms adapted to be placed inthe arm-pits of such person and against. -his sides, whereby to lind the level under his arms, and provided with means to indicate the location of the .center of his back', and with a level to show the relative heights of his shoulders.

3. In a tailors indicator, in combination, the body -portion adapted to be placed against the back of the person to be measured and having'a downward extension 12 to make contact with'the said back asldescribed, the longitudinally movable slidelbars operatively connected to move simultaneously in opposite directions, and the forwardly extending arms at the outer ends of the said slide-bars, adapted to be placed in the arms-pits of such personand against'his sides. v

44. In a tailors indicator, in combination, the y body.- portion. ,adapted to be placed against the back of the person to be measured, the longitudinally movable slide-pory tionsoperatively connected to n ioye simultaneously in opposite directions, 'the forwardly-extending arms at the outer ends of the said slide-bars adapted to be placed in the arms-pits of such person and against his sides,whereby to take the transverse measurement of his body, the said body-'portion having means to indicate the location of the center of the back` and the relative heights .of the shoulders, and means to fix adjusted position the said' slide bars in against displacement.

In testimony whereofI aiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l HARRY n. wooL'soN.

Witnesses CHAS. F. RAN-DALL,

EDITH J.` ANDERSON. z 

